Vote

Hey If you give a damn and you are a Credit Union member here in Fernie, you should swing by the Fernie Credit Union either tommorow April 8 or April 9th and vote for the organization of your choice to win $12,500 towards their cause. There are only a couple organizations that have been chosen, you can view all their proposals for why they need the money and what they are gonna do with it at www.ekccu.com
The Free Press Article Has More Info Here

The Finalists

Fernie Heritage Cemetery Restoration Society

The society is working to identify the unknown graves in the cemetery and map them, create a website, then to clean and straighten and repair existing headstones and provide new headstones for those buried in the military portion.

Fernie Museum
The museum wants to use the money to create an interactive display to tell the story of Fernie’s history. This was part of the budget when they took over the BC Hydro building on Second Avenue, but had to be abandoned when funding was cut.

Fernie Mountain Bike Club

The club has already established a community bike park near Fernie Aquatic Centre and now hopes to expand it with a mountain bike skills progression park.

Nelson Car Share Co-Op, Fernie Branch

The car share wants to purchase a four-wheel-drive automatic truck to add to their car pool.

Elk Valley Hospice

The hospice hopes to use funding for palliative care equipment and a ‘Grief Circle Companioning’ session.


Id like to think Id put my vote to the Hospice, but thats just me. orrr The Car Share...
go check it all out www.ekccu.com